Pituitary, Pineal and Third Ventricle Tumours
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Pituitary, Pineal and Third Ventricle Tumours.
The pituitary gland is concerned with such diverse functions as growth, sexual activity, carbohydrate and water metabolism, physical energy and the character and distribution of hair. For its size it is a very eloquent structure and although not solely responsible for any of these activities, it has been described as the leader of the endocrine orchestra. Many of its disturbances of function ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1950
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.26.293.141